Elliot Goblet
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Elliot Goblet is a character created by the Australia
n comedian
Jack Levi.
The character is renowned for his deadpan
delivery of quirky one-liners - his style can draw comparisons with that of the American
comic Steven Wright
. He started out with round glasses and a goatee
beard but these days while the glasses are still there the goatee beard is gone.
Created with assistance from Australian comedy guru Pete Crofts, the Goblet character launched into the comedy scene with numerous TV performances on Hey Hey It's Saturday
, The Eleventh Hour, Statesmen of Comedy
and many other Australian TV variety and sketch shows.
He recorded an Aria award
nominated CD "Internally Berserk", wrote a best selling book Business According To Goblet and appeared in short films and also the feature film Fat Pizza: The Movie
.
Elliot Goblet has done live appearances all over Australia as well as in seven other countries including the United States
and England
. Currently, most of his work is at corporate events as a performer or MC
.
Together with Mitchell Faircloth (aka Slim Whittle) he created The Crimson Goat Cabaret Club.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n comedian
Comedian
A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience, primarily by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting a fool, as in slapstick, or employing prop comedy...
Jack Levi.
The character is renowned for his deadpan
Deadpan
Deadpan is a form of comic delivery in which humor is presented without a change in emotion or body language, usually speaking in a casual, monotone, solemn, blunt, disgusted or matter-of-fact voice and expressing an unflappably calm, archly insincere or artificially grave demeanor...
delivery of quirky one-liners - his style can draw comparisons with that of the American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
comic Steven Wright
Steven Wright
Steven Alexander Wright is an American comedian, actor and writer. He is known for his distinctly lethargic voice and slow, deadpan delivery of ironic, philosophical and sometimes nonsensical jokes and one-liners with contrived situations.-Early life and career:Wright was born in Mount Auburn...
. He started out with round glasses and a goatee
Goatee
Goatee refers to a style of facial hair incorporating hair on a man’s chin. The exact nature of the style has varied according to time and culture.Traditionally, goatee refers solely to a beard formed by a tuft of hair on the chin...
beard but these days while the glasses are still there the goatee beard is gone.
Created with assistance from Australian comedy guru Pete Crofts, the Goblet character launched into the comedy scene with numerous TV performances on Hey Hey It's Saturday
Hey Hey It's Saturday
Hey Hey It's Saturday was a long-running variety television program on Australian television. It initially ran for 27 years , debuting on the Nine Network on 9 October 1971 and broadcasting its last episode on 20 November 1999. Its host throughout its entire run was Daryl Somers, who would later...
, The Eleventh Hour, Statesmen of Comedy
Statesmen of Comedy
Statesmen of Comedy is a half hour Comedy chatshow hosted by Trevor Marmalade. Trevor talks with Australia’s finest comedians, not only about the skills of their trade, but also provides a range of off-the-wall topics inviting them to flex their comedy muscles...
and many other Australian TV variety and sketch shows.
He recorded an Aria award
ARIA Music Awards of 2000
The 14th Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards was held on 24 October 2000 at the Sydney Entertainment Centre...
nominated CD "Internally Berserk", wrote a best selling book Business According To Goblet and appeared in short films and also the feature film Fat Pizza: The Movie
Fat Pizza: The Movie
Fat Pizza is an Australian movie, based upon the stories and characters of the Pizza television series, created by Paul Fenech. It was released by Village Roadshow Pictures and made $7,888,102 at the Australian box office ....
.
Elliot Goblet has done live appearances all over Australia as well as in seven other countries including the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. Currently, most of his work is at corporate events as a performer or MC
Master of Ceremonies
A Master of Ceremonies , or compere, is the host of a staged event or similar performance.An MC usually presents performers, speaks to the audience, and generally keeps the event moving....
.
Together with Mitchell Faircloth (aka Slim Whittle) he created The Crimson Goat Cabaret Club.